"Has anyone NEVER flown on a helicopter before?" asks the tall, well armed soldier with an Australian flag sewn onto his flak jacket with oh so many extra banana clips in it. "We haven't!" - my colleague and I are the only ones of the group of 5 to...
Greetings from Kabul, dusty but determined capital of the country everyone has an opinion about: Afghanistan. For the second time in my life, I've arrived in Kabul. No longer confused or intimidated with how things look or work (or don't work), being back in this magic town is like starting your...
Almost one year since my first ever visit to Dubai last summer, I find myself here again for a few days in preparation of a new project in Afghanistan. The details of the project I will leave to an upcoming post. The details of my days in Dubai is...
The tall blonde blue-suited airport security worker keeps looking down at his screen and up at my face in suspicion, "So you work for who?" I try to explain my different jobs as a citizen journalist, but he only seems to listen to half of what I say. From...
How do we explain poverty to ourselves or to others? When conversations in our communities start about those who live in poverty, how do those conversations sound? Perception of poverty is what it is known as in the academic world and there have been a few researchers looking into...
